A Tier Interviews: Yoshi
Yoshi, we're here to ask you some questions about the first tournament, very simple questions.
Yoshi.
To reply, say "Yoshi" twice for "yes" and once for "no". Are you ready to begin?
Yoshi, Yoshi.
Would you state your name for the record?
Yoshi!
Are you a green, egg-laying dinosaur hailing from Yoshi's Island?
Yoshi, Yoshi.
In 1999, you were on the A tier, is that correct?
Yoshi, Yoshi.
Is it true that you were ranked fifth out of twelve on the first tier list?
Yoshi, Yoshi.
Did that ranking make you feel happy and accomplished?
Yoshi, Yoshi.
Did it get to your head in any way?
Yoshi.
Did you experience feelings of superiority and/or invincibility?
Yoshi.
Were you conscious of any tension between you and lower-ranked fighters?
Yoshi.
Did you associate your ranking with ease of winning?
Yoshi.
Did you act salty if you lost?
Yoshi.
Is it true that your fellow A tiers tried to pressure you into abandoning your friendships?
Yoshi, Yoshi.
And did you refuse to?
Yoshi, Yoshi.
Here I have a chart of different facial expressions. I would like you to point to the face which best describes how you felt if you won a match.
[points to happy face]
Let the record show that Yoshi has pointed to the happy face.
I will now ask you to point to the face which best describes how you felt if you lost a match.
[points to neutral face]
Let the record show that Yoshi has pointed to the neutral face and thus wasn't upset by a loss.
Finally, please, point to the face which best describes your feelings over the behavior of your fellow A tiers.
[points to sad face, and then to angry face]
Are you saying you felt both?
Yoshi, Yoshi.
I'll take it. Mario, do you bear witness to what Yoshi has said?
I do.
Yoshi, this next set of questions will concern your relationship with a certain fighter on the roster. Are you ready to proceed?
Yoshi, Yoshi.
You and your brethren helped reunite and raise the Mario Bros, is that correct?
Yoshi, Yoshi.
Historically, Luigi has had a nurturing relationship with you, is that correct?
Yoshi, Yoshi.
Is it true that you love Luigi as a "mother"?
Yoshi, Yoshi.
Did that change at all when I put up the tier list?
Yoshi!
Could you show me on the face chart how you felt regarding Luigi's ranking?
[points out sad, crying face]
Did he distance himself from you or act guarded toward you in succeeding days?
[shrugs] Yoshi…
Kinda, sorta? I'll take it. Now, Yoshi, I know you and Luigi were close, but still—did you believe he was useless because he was last?
Yoshi.
Did you think he was considered, in tournament-speak, "non-viable"?
Yoshi.
Did you ever poke fun at him for being last?
Yoshi.
Did you ever sense that Luigi's last-place rank adversely affected his morale, self-perceptions and self-esteem?
Yoshi, Yoshi.
Did you suspect that said rank had also adversely affected his psyche?
Yoshi…Yoshi.
Is it true that you tried to console him the day I put up that list?
Yoshi.
In the following days, Luigi began to recover and fight back against the negative perceptions of being last place. Were you happy that he was doing this?
Yoshi, Yoshi.
Did you ever think that he wasn't staying in his place?
Yoshi.
Did you condone, and do you still condone, the action Luigi took against one of your fellow A tiers, who insulted him and called him a name?
Yoshi, Yoshi!
Did you condone, and do you still condone, the action Luigi took against the tier list itself?
Yoshi, Yoshi!
Yoshi, do you certify that your responses are the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Yoshi, Yoshi.
Mario, do you verify Yoshi's responses as the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
I do.
Yoshi, thank you for coming in to do this interview. You are excused.
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